Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Hudson, WI Crime Grade
How Hudson grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Wisconsin — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Wisconsin
5/10
vs. Wisconsin cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Hudson, WI was 112.7 per 100,000 residents (17 incidents over a population of 15,084). That puts Hudson 65% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 52% below the Wisconsin statewide rate of 235.9.
That ranks Hudson #1,270 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 66% of them, and #40 of 89 in Wisconsin. Violent crime is down 2% year over year and down 33% over the last five years.
Hudson, WI crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Wisconsin Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 112.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,270 of 3,771
- WI rank
- #40 of 89
- Safer than
- 66% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 2%
- 5-year change
- down 33%
- Population
- 15,084
- Reporting agency
- Hudson Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Hudson Police Department (FBI ORI WI0560100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Hudson, WI
Also known as
- Willow River
- Buena Vista
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Hudson (red), Wisconsin (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hudson vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 167.7(24) | 173.4(27) | 181.9(28) | 114.5(18) | 112.7(17) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 6.4(1) | 6.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 13.3(2) |
| Rape | 27.9(4) | 19.3(3) | 52.0(8) | 6.4(1) | 13.3(2) |
| Robbery | 7.0(1) | 12.8(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 132.7(19) | 134.9(21) | 123.4(19) | 108.2(17) | 86.2(13) |
| Property crime | 2717.8(389) | 2318.4(361) | 1532.8(236) | 1660.9(261) | 1491.6(225) |
| Burglary | 125.8(18) | 89.9(14) | 32.5(5) | 89.1(14) | 66.3(10) |
| Larceny | 2312.6(331) | 1997.3(311) | 1402.9(216) | 1508.2(237) | 1372.3(207) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 279.5(40) | 231.2(36) | 90.9(14) | 57.3(9) | 53.0(8) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Hudson, WI Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Hudson Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Hudson calculated?
- Hudson's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Wisconsin state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Wisconsin cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Hudson Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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